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on-stellan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-stellan, to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (
an example)
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  • Ðú scealt greót etan swá ðú wróhte onstealdest

    thou (the serpent) hast brought sin into the world,

      Cd. Th. 56, 12; Gen. 911: 57, 22; Gen. 932.

  • Hé in wuldre wróhte onstalde,

      287, 19; Sat. 369.

  • Ðá onstealdon ða heretogan ǽrest ðone fleám

    the leaders were the first to fly,

      Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 15.

  • Swá hit (

    persecution

    ) Nero onstealde,
      Ors. 6, 6; Swt. 262, 12.

  • Créca gewinn ðe of Læcedemonia ǽrest onsteled (stæled, MS. C.) wæs

    dominandi Lacedaemoniorum cupiditas, quantas causas certaminum suscitavit,

      3, 1; Swt. 100, 11.

  • Hé wuldres gehwæs ord onstealde

    omnium miraculorum auctor exstitit,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21.

  • Se ðæs orleges or onstealde,

      Beo. Th. 4806; B. 2407.

  • Ðe ðæs oferhýdes ord onstaldon,

      Cd. Th. 272, 4; Sat. 114.

  • Abraham bysene onstealde geleáffullum

    Abram exemplum credentium fuit,

      Gl. Prud. 1: Blickl. Homl. 7, 9: 23, 16.

  • Ða láreówas sceolan gódes lífes bysene onstellan ðǽm ðe him æfter fylgeon,

      81, 6.

  • Wolde ic eów on ðon bysne onstellan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1942; An. 973.

  • Ða godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, swǽ hit míne ærfenuman onstellen (

    appoint

    ),
      Chart. Th. 477, 12.

  • Onstaelde (ox-, Wrt.)

    idoneus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 51.
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v.  an-stellan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-stellan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24763.

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